30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No. 22-30!

Well I decided to give you the last week in a huge chunk! This past week has been a really busy one, I have been out and about all over and working and cake decorating. Not too much time for blogging or surfing, but I am forcing myself to stay awake long enough to upload my week's worth of gallivanting! Take a deep breath and we shall begin...

No.22

Necklace @ Dorothy Perkins

No. 23

Top @ New Look

Necklace @ Evans

No.24 (and a wet hair OOTD!)

Top @ Peacocks

Shoes @ Next

Trousers@ M&S

Cardi @ New Look

Belt @ Next

Necklace - Vintage

No. 25 (bad photo apologies)

Necklace @ Newlook

No. 26

Necklace @ accessorise

Top @ Evans + DIY!

No. 27

Necklace @ Accessorise

No. 28

This one take a little explaining, I'm not usually quite so glam but this was my friends Hen do and the theme was glitz and glam (and tiaras!) This dress was my Christmas party dress from last year, and whilst it looks pretty ropey when I sit down this is a nice photo!

Shoes @ Evans

Tights @ Evans

Bracelets @ Claires

Dress @ Tesco!

Necklace @ Next

Cardi @ Newlook

tiara (its there I promise) @ New look (£2.50! bargain!)

No. 29

This is a great photo despite me feeling hot, icky, rushed, bloated, bad hair day hairsprayed and perfume irritated! It is one of my favourite necklaces as it goes with lots of stuff, it can be doubled up like here or left long. Accessorise have it in silver at the moment and I am coveting it, if you come across one and need a good all rounder it is worth investing in!

Bag @ Primark

Top @ Asos

cardi @ H&M

Necklace @ Accessorise

Bangle @ Evans

No. 30!

Wohoo we made it all the way to No. 30 I hope I haven't sent you all to sleep! No 30 is from my favourite shop - Monsoon and it is very chunky and bold which is me all over, I love it and nearly didn't buy it, I'm so glad I did! Also this is a whole new outfit post of an Evans dress, I have been waiting to wear it for ages and finally had the weather, accessories and a social occasion fitting! Wohoo!

Phew! - I need a couple of necklace free days now! (despite there being lots more necklaces on my rack to work through I think I might take a break!) I hope you have enjoyed my necklace/outfit journey, I have enjoyed it lots. Plus I have put on something (a necklace!) that fits perfectly every day this month! How good is that eh?!

My last thing before I sign off for the evening is to give Bloomie over at 30 Dresses in 30 Days a shout out as she was the inspiration for this little jewelery box foray. She is about to embark on another 30 dresses in 30 days extravaganza!  Check it out if you get a chance, and good luck Bloomie!

Bumper post alert! 30 Necklaces- No. 19, 20 and 21, some shopping and an outfit post.

On Thursday evening I went to see Priscilla at the Palace theatre in London, it is truly fantastic, I couldn't recommend it highly enough. I had a fantastic time and our seats were brilliant - for once I was one of those lucky so-and-so's who was underneath the ticker tape and in catching distance of audience bound goodies, rather than just wising I was! There's a bit with ping pong balls and I managed to catch this little memento of the evening which made me incredibly happy and is now my pride and joy!

Anyway I wore a grey leopard print top to work, and blinged it up with a sparkly necklace No. 19 (as we went straight from work) I love this top/necklace combo since it matches so perfectly! plus I bought them in different shops!

Top @ New Look Inspire

Necklace @ Peacocks

Friday was a particularly non eventful day but here is my Friday necklace - No 20.

Necklace @ Evans

Top @ New Look Inspire

As it was payday on Friday I decided to go into town for a spot of shopping (work gave me some extra cash this month for fixing something dangerous so I decided to spend it) I bought a dress from Monsoon I shelled out 21quid on this dress which was down from 70! I love it, it is so so flattering as it is jersey with an empire line and a v neck, total winner. The little brown shrug was £10.80 and has gorgeous little square buttons on the sleeves, I figured brown is quite an autumnal colour so it should last as the weather closes in.

Cardi @ Monsoon

Dress @ Monsoon

My last thing to post today is my outfit from yesterday, we went into London with some friends for dinner at a restaurant in Covent Garden, Navaho Joes I was impressed by the starter but disappointed by the main, I think I'd go there again but choose more wisely! Anyway, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to wear another of yesterdays purchases a leopard print cardi from H&M and a pair of leopard print shoes form Dorothy Perkins. The shoes were marked up at £7 and when I took them to the till they came out at £3, result! This necklace is from Next, it's another thing that I had my eye on and when I went back it was in the sale, wohoo! Its made of chain mail- very slinky! 

 What do you mean that's not how you stop trains?

Cardigain @ H&M

Shoes @ Dorothy Perkins

Top @ Asos Curve

Bangle @ ?!

Necklace @ Next

Cardigan @ H&M

Shoes @ Dorothy Perkins

Can I Live Without Evans?

Argh! Rant on the way!

Well, I think I've finally had my fill of Evans. Their facebook page is now getting to the point where it makes me cross and upset to read, so I've decided to try and live without them for a while and see how it goes.

I guess I'm upset at how they don't listen and then very annoyed when they say they do! They have had enough time to adjust their stock given all the comments about short sleeve tops, poor quality clothes & underwear & tights. If New Look can copy a dress/style from an awards ceremony etc. and have it in the shop before it's out of fashion then surely Evans can alter sleeves given a whole year of constructive criticism!

Anyway I figure I will continue wear the odd things I have bought in the last couple of years (two pairs of jeans and a cardigan, I can't wear the boots because both pairs fell to pieces!) but not buy anything new. I can't promise to stop visiting them on facebook but I am going to stop commenting as I feel ignored and thus foolish and belittled for thinking they would listen to me.

Step 1: Knickers! (did this a little while ago) Threw out all of my Evans pants and replaced them with M&S full briefs (don't sound attractive but they are really pretty with polka dots) I am a 22 but bought one packet of 20's and one 22's to check which ones I like best, turns out the 20's are fine, so I bought more. Over the last couple of months I have been totally free of broken elastic and pants falling down, I have just thrown away my last Evans pants (I was holding on to them because they were expensive and purple but came to my senses and realised they were just uncomfortable and looked bad due to copious amounts of seams!)

Right think I'm off now before I rant any further!

Necklaces on the way tomorrow!

w x

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No.18

Here is a quick pic of no. 18 - a recent acquisition. (but bought with a voucher- so not interfering with the money saving drive for this month) This is from New Look and was £4! the bracelets (of which there are 2) were also £4 bargain! If anyone is interested they also have red beads in the same style, which are perfect for jazzing up many outfits. Once again apologies for the poor quality photo (and I will try and post a full length shot of this top too!)

Top @ Monsoon

Cardi @ New Look

Beads @ New Look

I have been tagged!

I have been tagged! I won't fib, at first didn't know what tagging was, but am now up to speed! First a shout out to my tagger Nem over at Mode Plus who is rocking the shirt and belt combo it really suits her. I guess onwards to my questions!

1. What are you wearing right now?
I am wearing a blue and white spotty top from Monsoon, and a white cardi from New look, plus black trousers.

2. Your dream vacation?
Hmm, a tricky one! We don't go on holidays every year(boring I know!) We recently went to New York which was a fantastic holiday. I guess a dream holiday would be somewhere romantic sunny and exotic (but not stupidly uncomfortably hot) with a large private pool overlooking the sea, close to lots of good restaurants and some great little towns to explore.

3. What is your favourite animal and why?
OK so it's not an animal but an insect, I have recently developed a liking of bees, we have lavender bushes at work and only recently I have bee-come(apologies you'll have to bear with me!) fascinated by the vast quantity of bees visiting them. I know nothing about bees other than they are cute, make honey and are rocking a fab colour scheme! One of my new tasks in life is to learn more about bees.

4. What is your secret weapon to spice up an outfit?
Not so secret: Jewelery, I almost never go out without a necklace or bangle, my personal favourites are chunky plastic affairs and ones with sparkles! Secret: a corset and heels (not so much a going out outfit!)

5. Which perfume/cologne is your favourite and why?
I only have one it's weekend by Burberry. I like it because I noticed it on two different people I had to ask what they were wearing, so I guess I like it because it smells lovely enough to need to know what it is!

6. Which fashion must-have item does a fa(t)shionista need in her closet?
A funky waisted belt, a black one is universal!

7. Do you collect anythng?
Alas I am a hoarder, I am slowly gathering cake decorating equipment of all descriptions. My I-pod is gradually being filled with the NOW That's What I Call Music CD's. I have a lot of necklaces which might be considered as a collection. Please no-one suggest anything else!

8. Last time you splurged on a fashion item?
Hmm... I guess it would be the dress I wore to the wedding I went to last weekend, It was from Monsoon in the sale,  although I still managed to spend 45quid on it, which is a lot for me!
 
As for the second half of the tagging game, I will shortly tag onwards, but not tonight as I need to sleep soon!

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No. 17

Well as you have probably had enough mug shots of me, I thought I would just show you the necklace. Also it matches my computer perfectly! This one was made for me by my lovely friend Sarah who had a little boy back in April so she is very busy at the moment and I don't see her as much as I want to. Anyhow here is her handiwork:

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No. 16

Here's my necklace for today, this is a great example of how you can tie and blue in with two or three strands of beads, this cardigan was bound to match one of these strings of beads and it does perfectly! Anyway I'm excited because tomorrow I get to put my bunting up, which is exciting!

Cardi @ New Look

Vest @ Asos Curve

Necklace @ New Look